The official also specified that from the agreement “the freedom in the ability of each line to decide the number and destination of its stopovers will be expanded, promoting the possibility that they can choose more competitive routes”.
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“In terms of cargo, there is a change from a limitation of 26 semi-annual flights to unlimited flights, also allowing the addition of destinations and cargo capacities that each airline can choose. In addition, restrictions at destination points are eliminated, allowing travel to to more places in our country,” he listed.
Mogetta stressed that “the capacity” of flights will be expanded to bring it “to unlimited frequencies determined by each airline, in combined passenger and cargo services, and with freedom of choice at the points of exercise of ‘fifth freedoms'”in reference to the so-called “freedoms of the air” that were enunciated in 1944 in the United States.
“In terms of exclusive cargo, there is a change from 26 semi-annual flights with third and fourth freedom rights, to unlimited flights with fifth and seventh freedom rights, set by each airline,” Mogetta summarized.
The Open Skies policy was revived
Mogetta said that the agreement signed this Tuesday with Canadian authorities aims to “promote the development of the airline industry and facilitate exchange between countries through tourism and work.”
The official also pointed out that “a series of agreements have already been signed with countries in the region and Over the course of the week we will be doing the same with Panama, knowing the importance of that country and Panamanian airlines for connectivity with Argentina and the entire region.”
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“This is part of this ‘Open Skies’ policy that the President has entrusted to us,” Mogetta remarked before adding that “competitiveness is healthy for all companies, both Argentine ones and those that have bilateral agreements.”
“We, in the new route that we have authorized to other airlines, such as Montevideo, This has also caused Aerolíneas Argentinas to establish different strategies to improve its presence and improve the offer it has to the public.“, he pointed.
The Undersecretary of Air Transportation, Hernán Gómez, participated in the meeting; the National Administrator of Civil Aviation, Gustavo Marón, and the National Director of Air Transport, Diego Idiart. The authorities of companies in the airline sector were also present as observers.
The agreement was signed with the presence of a delegation from Canada made up of the director of Air Negotiations in Foreign Affairs, Shendra Melia; the Minister for Transport, Stephen Worth; representative of the Canadian Transportation Agency, Nathan Charest; of Global Affairs, Pamela Denchev; and the Canadian Ambassador to Argentina, Reid Sirrs. Along with the Canadian delegation, the following businessmen traveled to participate as observers of the signing: David Waugh and Ignacio Ferrer, from Air Canada, and Nathaniel Wong, Vancouver Airport Authority.
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